"Rifamycins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS characterized by a chromophoric naphthohydroquinone group spanned by an aliphatic bridge not previously found in other known ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS. They have been isolated from fermentation broths of Streptomyces mediterranei.
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D012294
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.400.811 D04.345.295.750
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rifamycins" by people in Profiles.
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Kamal F, Khan MA, Khan Z, Cholankeril G, Hammad TA, Lee WM, Ahmed A, Waters B, Howden CW, Nair S, Satapathy SK. Rifaximin for the prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Oct; 29(10):1109-1117.
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Cianci R, Frosali S, Pagliari D, Cesaro P, Petruzziello L, Casciano F, Landolfi R, Costamagna G, Pandolfi F. Uncomplicated diverticular disease: innate and adaptive immunity in human gut mucosa before and after rifaximin. J Immunol Res. 2014; 2014:696812.
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Tursi A, Joseph RE, Streck P. Expanding applications: the potential usage of 5-aminosalicylic acid in diverticular disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Nov; 56(11):3112-21.
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Murphy CK, Karginova E, Sahm D, Rothstein DM. In vitro activity of novel rifamycins against gram-positive clinical isolates. J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2007 Sep; 60(9):572-6.